Light conditions prevailed again at the fourth leg of the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Hyères, forcing the sailors to wait ashore for a timid sea breeze.

Racing started at 1400 hrs for most classes except for the Women's Match Racing division who were able to start earlier in order to try and complete their first round robin.

The light conditions favoured some of the younger and lighter sailors. In the Laser, 20 year old, Philipp Buhl (GER) scored a fourth and a bullet in the second race of the day. Vice European Youth Laser champion in 2008, Buhl holds on to second place overall, one point behind Evangelos Chimonas (GRE). The Greek who raced consistently with two seconds claims first place in the fleet of 150 Lasers.

In the Women's division, 22 year old Ausra Mileviciute (LTU) leads the fleet with teammate and Beijing silver medallist Gintare Scheidt (LTU) in fourth overall. Spanish sailors placed second and third. Susana Romero Steensma (20 years old) with a seventh and a first, is on equal points with Optimist European champion and Laser 4.7 sailor, Patricia Coro who at the age of 18, won the first race of the day.

In the Finn Class the young and lighter sailors came through with the light conditions. 2009 Junior European champion Ioannis Mitakis (GRE) placed second behind Beijing Silver medallist Zach Railey. Seventeen year old Dimitar Vangelo (BUL) takes sixth place in his first regatta in Hyères. Zach Railey (USA) commented on the day's tough conditions:

"Conditions were challenging today, along with the postponement and late start. The wind was very up and down and very shifty so just had to really play what you had around your part of the race course."

Light wind means hard work in the RS:X Class, experienced sailors are in the lead with Piotr Myska (POL) taking both races in the men's division while Beijing Bronze medallist Bryony Shaw (GBR) is first overall with a three points score in the Womens fleet. She is closely followed by French windsurfers Charline Picon and Pauline Perrin. Marina Alabau (ESP) collected a Black Flag for a premature start after winning the first race of the day.

Three classes are lead by French teams racing on familiar ground. Double Paralympic medallist, Damien Seguin leads the 2.4mR on equal points with Helena Lucas (GBR). Beijing Bronze Medallist, Nicolas Charbonnier with crew Baptiste Meyer Dieu had a near perfect day in the 470 with a second and a win.

The only race sailed in the Women's 470 division, was won by Gil Cohen and Dana Mamriav (ISR). Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie of New Zealand hold second spot.

One more race was completed by the Stars, won by British crew John Grimson and Ed Greig. Mate Arapov and Ante Sitic (CRO) on five points take the lead of the small Star fleet.

The Norwegian team of Aleksander and Wang-Hansen, SWC winners, have taken the early lead in the nine boat Sonar.

The 49ers sailing in groups didn't complete the same number of races and overall results are not available.

The dying wind didn't allow the third group to complete racing in the Women's Match Racing round robin. Renee Groeneveld (NED) was happy with the race committee decision to postpone racing:

"We waited all day to sail, but once we got out there on the water we were only allowed to sail the boat back to dock. All the wind had disappeared. Thankfully we did not have to race in these conditions."

Anna Tunnicliffe's team has won selection into the Gold fleet with a perfect 6-0 score. She explains:

"I think we just kept things simple, stayed cool under pressure and had very good team work communication.
It was a very long day of waiting, so we tried staying focused throughout the day until we got into the boats to sail.
Tomorrow, we will start the Gold round robin, so we will have a chance to race the top seeds. Were are looking forward to it." Racing continues until Friday 30 April.

Tom Burton (AUS) and Alison Young (GBR) hit the right note in the Laser and Laser Radial at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne as they took out the top honours and qualification spots to the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final.

It was double Australian gold in the Paralympic classes. Matt Bugg (AUS) came out on top in the 2.4mR whilst London 2012 Paralympic SKUD18 gold medallists Dan Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch (AUS) were triumphant in the two person keelboat.

Lithuania's Juozas Bernotas came out on top in the Men's RS:X whilst Russia's Stefania Elfutina was triumphant in the Women's RS:X. Both sailors claim the first Abu Dhabi ISAF Sailing World Cup Final spots whilst Jock Calvert (AUS) and Joanna Sterling (AUS) picked up the Oceanic spots for the Emirati finale.

There was some fast paced action in the 49er and 49erFX Medal Races at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne as Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen (AUS) and Maia & Ragna Agerup (NOR) claimed the honours and Abu Dhabi final spots.

A tight group of five young Papua New Guinean (PNG) Laser sailors are stepping up their 2015 Pacific Games competition program using this week's ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne. PNG is one of 33 countries represented at the important Oceanic event, the largest Olympic sailing regatta in the southern hemisphere.

Melbourne, Australia will host the final Rio 2016 Paralympic Games qualification regatta in 2015. With just under one year until the event, the 2015 IFDS Worlds was launched at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne.

ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne kick starts the journey to the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates with qualification spots and top ranking points available in the Australian city.

Four boats in the Volvo Ocean Race celebrated rounding the venerated landmark of Cape Horn on Monday, a pleasure cruelly denied Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA) after the Chinese boat's mast was broken early in a dramatic day on Leg 5.

The wind played dirty tricks all day in Palma on the sailors and race committees who had to juggle with big shifts and different pressure. From 4 to 20 knots, and reaching 40 in some gusts, the wind turned around the bay playing with everybody's nerves.

Ghosting across the line in the inky blackness of a Mediterranean spring night, finally slicing through the finish line set on the very waters where some 40 odd years ago he cut his teeth as a young, aspiring sailor harbouring great dreams, at 01:47:00hrs local time Guillermo Altadill and his talented, ever reliable Chilean co-skipper Jose Muñoz secured second placed in this third edition of the Barcelona World Race, the round the world race for two crew which left the Catalan capital on December 31st 2014.

Algoa Bay brought lighter conditions on Sunday, and after a postponement waiting for the wind to settle, the race got underway in 7 knots of breeze from the south-east. Ted Conrads and Brian Haines from the USA were the pathfinders, and opened up the gate for the fleet as they sailed out to the right-hand side of the course.